Sentences with phrase «unbearable tension»

Although there are moments of extremely dark comedy early on, after a certain point, the humor stops and with it any form of release from the almost unbearable tension of the film's third act.

Smarter than hell about its sources, it employs all of them to a full seventy minutes of unbearable tension capped by twenty minutes of payoff.

With very little action, this film builds almost unbearable tension by carefully examining some moral questions in a precarious situation that's based on true events.

Director Paul Greengrass seems to thrive on finding the line for unbearable tension and hectic, claustrophobic action.

He had the star mentality with the behaviour of a precocious child and caused unbearable tension within the group of players.

For his sophomore effort Don't Breathe, director Fede Alvarez dials down the blood and gore in favor of almost unbearable tension generated through masterful deployment of set design, sound design, cinematography and one sparse but effective premise.

The film begins as a friendly weekend outing to the shore involving several married couples and kids sharing a bungalow, then escalates to almost unbearable tension when one of them — a kindergarten teacher, disappears.

Not so with Donnie Darko, which builds up unbearable tension slowly and surely.

To a superlative degree, Acceptable Loss provides colorful characters, a memorable portrait of waterfront life, and a story that achieves its most thrilling moments in a transfixed London courtroom, where Monk faces his old friend Oliver Rathbone in a trial of nearly unbearable tension - in sum, every delectable drop of the rich pleasure that readers expect from an Anne Perry novel.

With very little action, this film builds almost unbearable tension by carefully examining some moral...

Atmospheric and never flashy, and yet capable of moments of unbearable tension and an almost overpowering sense of paranoia.

We need to be reminded of this because of the unbearable tension between Jesus's love and his inaction, his delay.

In the unbearable tension of its final moments, the movie arrives at an expected destination, but the outcome stings more than anything preceding it.

The follow - up to «Murder Party» by director Jeremy Saulnier, Gabe Toro found that the film avoids the wish - fulfillment of much of its genre, and as a consequence it's a movie «of almost unbearable tension, a no - frills pressure cooker that rattles the senses not just for what occurs, but for what's waiting just off screen at every turn.»

There are moments of danger in Maria; moments of unbearable tension and bad decisions and I - can't - believe - people - do - this incredulity.

Saulnier has made a film of almost unbearable tension, a no - frills pressure cooker that rattles the senses not just for what occurs (the brief moments of violence are convincingly staggered and upsettingly abrupt), but for what's waiting just off screen at every turn.

Powered by an unusually rich, twisty script by Aaron Guzikowski («Contraband») and career - best performances from Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal, this tale of two Pennsylvania families searching for their kidnapped daughters sustains an almost unbearable tension for two - and - a-half hours of screen time, satisfying as both a high - end genre exercise and a searing adult drama of the sort Hollywood almost never makes anymore.

James» understated narration allows the power of Wright's tale of murder, hate, fear, and guilt to build to an almost unbearable tension.

If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone complain that he or she was sick of the «unbearable tension... between a big - firm profit model and the needs of businesses that are suffering through difficult economic times, whose legal affairs must be managed effectively and efficiently,» well, I'd still hate paying for my own health insurance.